TJL-1E SUHAiNTON T1UBUNJ-WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1809. K'W!?WW Kenilwdrfh Romance ?00JO:5C?IKKK5SOK)K3II T11R mahogany faced ild Indies near the gateway of the ruins arranged their stock of photo graphs and guide books lis they .saw, first one cnrrlacu approaching on the- Coventry rond, nnd presently a second rniriagc comlnK from the direction of Leamington. A few shining bicycles leaned In front of the hotel, dozing; ti young woman In reasonable skirts and n soft hat that seemed to have been Invented by some Conduit street Ren ins for the express purpose of suiting her pretty face shaded her eyes as she stood at the hotel doorway and witched the approach of the carriage from Leamington. Koch carriage was rnmlnc In a cloud of dust; for some time It was doubtful which of the two would reach the hotel first. The two coachmen, alert for anything In the form of sport. Increased the speed of the horses, anil the horses entered Into the spirit of the gome with great ear nestness. When with a Clatter thev pulled up at the gateway leading to the ruins the result was so much like n dead heat that neither could brag of victory. "Arrived nt last, aunt?" said the young woman In reasonable skirts. "At last'.'" repeated her aunt sharp ly. "What do you mean, Nornh? Surely you have only .lust arrived." "Been here half nn hour," said the young woman cheerfully. "The road was good, and I came on very well." "Wonder to me." said her aunt, step ping out carefully, "that you don't come off. Twenty years ago no girl would have dreamed of riding a bicy cle. Or rather she might have dreamed of it, but she would never have Oh, how do you do?" The white haired, white hatted, well preserved gentleman who had stepped briskly out of the landau from Cov entry lifted his lint in distant short sighted acknowledgement of the salu tation. He was giving directions to his coachman, and giving them In a sharp, peremptory way, as one who was In the habit of being obeyed. "You are quite Hushed, nunt dear. Is It the sun or " "My dear!" In a whisper. "Do you know who that Is? That Is" (here she lowered her voice Impressively) "Dr. lYaser." The complexion of the young niece for a moment matched that of her aunt. It seemed odd that the mere presence of the strenuous.whlte-hnlred gentleman, just then advising his coachman not to be a fool, should have this effect. "Seems," said the elder woman, fan ning herself, "as though It was to be." "As though what was to be, nunt?" "My dear, don't nsk questions." "I wish we hadn't met him," said the niece. "Leave him to me." She utenued forwnrd and waved her striped sun shade. "Dr. Frnser! Don't let us pre tend that we have never met before." "And If you're a minute later," said Dr, Frnser fiercely. "I'll send you off. sir, confound your eyes, without a character. I beg pardon, madam." "You were always shortsighted. Find your glasses, like a good man. and put them on and look at me and say 'Mrs. Melllsh, I'm delighted to see you.' " Dr. Fraser, fixing Ills pince-nez, look ed at the buxom woman, who had furled her striped parasol and stood Mlth rather an anxious smile waiting for recognition. "Hod bless my soul," said Dr. Fra ser 'Never mind about that," remarked Mrs. Melllsh. "Hay what I asked you to say." "My dear Laura!" "No, no'.'1. My dear .Mrs. Melllsh," he said giudelngly. "I'm delighted to see you '' "Good," said Mrs. Melllsh, clapping her hands softly. "Letter perfect, first time. You nlways were a quick study, This Is niv niece." Dr. Fraser's white hat came off with the best bow that Wlsiuoie street knew. Mrs. llelllsh's niece seemed for a lady cyclist unusually shy, and, hav ing bowed, took refuge near her nunt. "One of our athletic young women," said Dr. Frnser. approvingly. "Gad! If the young generation go on like this there will he no need for doctors." "The young generation will marry," said Mrs. Melllsh, with her purse open. ' Not if It's sensible," said Dr. Fraser. "now much do we pay here?" The pleasant woman at the small cottage that commanded entrance to Kenilworth said that the charge was sixpence, and did the party wish for guidebooks or "We want nothing, my good woman," said Dr. Fraser, testily. "Absolutely nothing. Why on earth is It that these people will not recognize the fact?" 'Perhaps such cases are rare," said Mrs. Melllsh. Hy no menns," declared Dr. Fraser. They walked through the garden of lowers to the wicket gate which led to tho castle und Its grounds. Mrs. Mel llsh's niece said "Oh!" in a tone of Pleased surprise; the elders had seen, years und years ago, the red ruins and the open window spaces and the soft velvety grass and the foliage growing (viii-Te Amy Itohsart had made her Httla Until a bet- ' ter shoe than 1 Easefelt " the perfect shoe for. I women Is made and sold for 1 less than $4.00, will a new stand- v ard In women's fine footwear be ! . .. k t .... V estamtsneu, r.verypairoi"KASE : felt" sold wins admiration. Lewis, Itellly & Davlcs, 114.116 Wyomlnfc Ave, SfEasefeltS F wax " n 1 r m is the J l ML Ha perfect f ? FOR I IS. vm W0MEN f lavt:a ttm sxttsocjraj BLACK AND WHITC. slip, nnd the conceited peacocks strut ting about (like self-satisfied novelists) with a long, perfect tall and with the vocal powers of a rook. A few Ameri can tourists were near the ruins with Sir AVnltcr Scott's novel In their hnnd; from the apertures in the high rooms of tho ruins girls' faces peeped. "There are tho Jnrrets, nunt, who were nt school with me." "flo and sneak to thcin, dear. Dr. Fraser will look after me." Dr. Frnser coughed doubtfully ns tho young woman ran tip to a party of girls near the right wing of the castle. Mrs. Melllsh looked after her and sighed. "Pleasant, quiet girl," said Dr. Fra ser. "Do you think she Is at all like mo ns Twns as I was when we knew each other?" "Like you," said Dr. Fraser, bluntly, "hut more refined." "It seems a long time ago," remarked Mrs. Melllsh, thoughtfully. "It was a long time ago." "Any one would think that we had arranged to meet hero this afternoon." "No ono who knows me," said Dr. Fraser, promptly, "would dare to sug gest that." "Hut surely It's an odd coincidence," persisted Mrs. Melllsh, "that tho last time I had a long talk with you wns at Kenilworth, In eighteen hundred and let me see, was It seventy?" "ColnridPiices are the most common place events In the wrldo. Would you caie to rest on this wooden seat?" "Was It here," said Mrs. Melllsh, opening her striped parasol and halt hiding her face, "that you cut out my Initials and yours, und around them" "Mrs. Melllsh," he said, "I try to for get these absurdities. I came here for 11 quiet stroll In a place that we that I used to know well; one that has cer tain reminiscences. Hut If you will nllow me, I should like myself to sup ply these reminiscences, and not to he fed with them by you." "I hope that you don't think that I treated you badly, Hobert." "My good Laura! will you oblige 1110 by trying to forget the ridiculous Inci dents of twenty-live years ago? Oblige me, please. I suppose you have quite, given up the profession?" "The piofesslon gave me up." "High time." said the gentleman, brusquely. "Last time I saw you In comedy I thoiiRht you were much too stout. My young nephew declared tint It was not so, but he's an Idiot. Clever chap, I admit, but an idiot." "A rare combination," said Mrs. Mel llsh. "Hy no means. We all have some weak trait in our character, or," he said, correctlngly, "nearly all." "Ah!" remarked the lady, "you near ly forgot yourself. What is your nephew, 1 wonder?" "Medical man." "Heally?" "Got some good stuff In him, too. He has only to take my advice, and he'll get through very well." "Not married?" "Why," said Dr. Frnser with poiiio interest, "that's Just the difficulty. 11 wants to get married to to" "To whom?" "Oh, some girl." "1 assumed that," said Mrs. Melllsh. "You don't know her?" ';Don't know her," snapped tho doc tor, "and don't want to. If lie thinks that I'm such a fool ns to buy him a. practice In order that he may settle down, ns ho calls It, he Is very much mistaken. Oood heavens! he must rough It, just as 1 roughed It. Don't tell me that it Isn't good for a young man to have a knockabout for him self. At Ills age I" "You were very hard up, weren't you''" "Deuced hard up," said Dr. Fraser, exultantly. "Why. as 1 tell him, I ued to buy a haddock over night, cook It for breakfast, nnd, bless my soul! eat It "I remember Hint you were hard up," repeated Mrs. Melllsh. There was a paute and she glanced not at the doctor, but at her niece, who, with her gill friends, was ns'-end-ing the stone steps of the left wing of the ruins. "And I hope," ho said, steadily fixing his pince-nez and looking at her, "you lemember, too, that more than once lent me money to get me out of a posi tion of some difficulty. At any late, Laura, I don't forget It." "There Is no need to remember such trifles." "Cut there Is," persisted Dr. Fraser, obstinately, "and I do remember them. Now," he added, "now that the circum stance is recalled to my memory." "Hut you paid me hack, so there Is nothing outstanding." "Pardon me. I hnve good reason to feel grateful, and I nm grateful. You were earning money then by playing as professional at amateur perform ances, and 1 was getting rid of my small allowance too easily. If you hadn't, helped me It would have inadil n great difference to my career. If you can suggest any way" "I think wo might stioll," said Mrs. Melllsh. 4 ne miiiu'u siinsnaae went up as they walked along to the wooden bridge in tile corner or the grounds. The minshndo nppenred tb partako of tho nature of a shield, because when Mrs. Melllsh wanted to aim 11 fuitlve re mark at her companion, tho sunshade protected her face ns she did so; when she desired to send one frankly the sunshade was jerked aside and placed momentarily out of action. Tho soft, velvet-like grass made walking a com fortnblo thing to do. Dr. Frnser, with his stir k playing n Ueeting game of golf with tho aid of n fat vagrant earn pagrto cork, and, scoring n good stroke, Instantly became more cheerful. Thto niece rnu down from the castlo to say that tho girls had just discovered tho name "Laura M." engraved on ono of the landings, and she had been sent us a deputation to Inquire If this wan meant for her nunt. Dr. Fraser as sured her quite Jovially that It wns piobably only done us an advertisement, nnd that he wondered that the words "Of tho Principal London Thentres" had not been ndded. Mrs. Melllsh's ailcco did not Immediately return to hen "hi school fellows, but stayed on the wooded bridge nnd talked to Dr. Fra ser: shyly nt first (and this seemed to Interest the doctor) nnd presently with more confidence, her nunt standing by In the position of umpire. When tho party of girls began to wave handker chiefs nnd exhibit other slsnals of de siring her Instant return, she ran back to them, whereupon Mrs. Melllsh re marked that n nlccu wns n great re sponsibility, which Br. Fraser at onco contradicted (this, I think, the ndrolt. Mrs. Melllsh had expected), declaring that tho nleco was n charming young woman of whom nnybody might well be proud. "Besides," ho i.nld nrgumentntlvely, "your responsibility will not Inst long. She will get marlred soon." "You do not object to marriage, then?" "For girls," said tho doctor. "Only for men? Seoma rather a one sided arrangement." "I nm speaking generally, Laura, There may bo exceptions. Is alio en gaged?" Mrs. Melllsh nodded. "IC I were you. then, I should do everything to get her comfortably settled." "That wns my Idea." "I wonder,',' lie said, taking off Ills white hat nnd running Jils hand through' his white hair, "what sort of n man she will mary?" "I have mado every Inquiry," said Mrs. Melllsh, with her sunshade ori guard, "and the results are almost en tirely satisfactory." "Almost?" "There Is only one difficulty." (Sun shade off guard now and n sudden nt tack In tho open.) "Hy tho by, don't you sometimes wish that you had mar ried, and that that you had had a son?" "I don't quite understand," he said nervously. Mrs. Melllsh repeated the question with great distinctness. "Why, yes," he said, hesitatingly. "I do. Sometimes. Hut on the whole, of course, It's n good thing that I've re mained a bachelor. To tell the abso lute truth, Laura" ho lowered his voice confidentially "I've got a. bit of temper." "You always had." "Hut It gets more pronounced as I grow older." "I can qulto believe that." "And a man who has a temper should have no other company." "Makes him feci rather crowded sometimes, I dare say. Hut occasion ally, of course, you overcome It." "Barely." admitted Dr. Fraser. They went up to the castle, whore 1 peacock, disturbed by their approach, rose nnd, spreading Its magnificent feathers, used language too scandalous to be printed here. Mrs. Melllsh gave the doctor more than one opportunity of leaving, but It almost seemed that he enjoyed talking to her nnd being In her company. The subject of himself wnsVfor him evidently full of attrac tion. "1 have my moments of Introspec tion," he said ns they stood within the four walls and looked up nt the wall flowers growing in tho crevices, "and I find that nearly everything becomes nci-entuated us years ago. Increase of hastiness, incrense of" "Money." "I haven't done badly in that re spect. I command big fees." "That can only arrive with the years," said Mrs. Melllsh. wisely. "Young men In your profession can't expect them." '"Course not." "Your nephew, for Instance, would perhaps only earn nt tho present time Just sufficient for his own needs?" "He's a careful youth," said Dr. Fraser, "but he can't have much to spare." "I think," said Mrs. .Melllsh, "that you let us go up these stairs. I nm rather anxious to see this celebrated Inscription," "What were you going to say. Laura?" He led the way carefully up the worn steps of the winding staircase. "I was going to say," remarked Mrs. Melllsh, ascending slowly and guard ing her stock of breath with ecenomy, "that you might us well do something for him." "I think I'm the best judge of that." "I fancy you're tho worst," said Mrs. Melllsh, panting. Tlicy gained the top of the staircase, and Dr. Fraser, fixing on Ills plncenez. Inspected the crowded Inscriptions on the walls carefully. "The very worst. If you were a Judge, most of your decisions would be re versed on appeal. I think that, upon this subject nt any rate, you ought to take advice." "Here it is," said Dr. Fraser cheer fully. "Smart of me to find It so quickly. 'Laura M.. and then under neath 'Hobert F. What a couple of fools we must have been! "We didn't think so," said Mrs. Mel Hsh. "We do think so now." "Perhaps that Is because we have become too wise. We were very happy then, at any rate." "True," confessed Dr. Fraser, reluct antly. "And we hadn't anybody to help us to be happy. I mean that you had no uncle with money or" "I had no one, Laura," said the white gentleman, "hut you." "Would you care to do something to show your gratitude?" "I don't want to marry you," said Dr. Fraser, hastily. "I shouldn't do so If you were to nsk me to. That Is a favor thnt you can grant quite easily." "Give me details." "Why not," said Mrs. Melllsh, with the striped sunshade up, althougli they were not in the sun, "why not buy the practice for your nephew and let him get married, without keeping the two young people waiting for years?" "I do believe," he said acutely, "that you are taking all this Interest In him because l told you his remark about your appearance." "We urn foolish things, we women," admitted Mrs. Melllsh. There was a pause. "Give me ten minutes," he said sud denly. "Give me ten minutes. I'll go out nnd over tho wny to the hotel and smoke n cigar und think It over, Lama. Sure It will gratify you If I consent?" "I have no doubt of It." "You're a queer creature," he said, ns they descended the stops. "I be lieve you nro tho best-natured woman that ever breathd." "There nre many of us," she said. At the tlmo arranged Mrs. Melllsh and her niece wero awnltlng nt tho doorwny of tho hotel. The niece, for a healthy young woman, seemed pnlo and nnxlous, nnd she held her bicycle with a gloved hand that trembled Mrs. Melllsh sat In her carriage, tho coachman glancing over his shoulder for the signal to start. "Well?" Dr. Frnser hadl come out of the ho tel. Mrs. Melllsh noticed with satis, faction that his cigar wns a good one und the white ash Intact. "Well," she repented casually, "yes or no?" "Why 'yes,' of course," said Dr. Fra ser cheerily. "Impossible to say 'no' to you, I-iiurn. Are you going?" The color had come back to the niece's cheeks as she held out her dis engaged bund. She murmured some thing, waved to her aunt, nnd went oft delightedly nn her bicycle. lWhat on earth did your charming niece mean by thanking mo?" nsk'cd Dr. Fraser, curiously. "I've done noth ing that she should" "Well." said Mrs. Melllsh (strlned sunshade very useful now), "you sec she feels rather lniM?ted to you be causebecause she Is going to marry your nephew." ."Madame," said Dr. Frnser, "you aro nn nrtful nnd a delightful crenture, nnd I have a good mind to tell you so." "Sir," said Mrs. Melllsh. "you nro nn Ill-tempered, good-nntured boy, nnd I have n great mind to kiss you," 1 m in DEVELOPEMENT OF OUR RAILROADS Begun Sovcnty-Ono Years Ago and Now tho Amusement of tho Civil ized World. Ilochrstcr I'cst-Uxprcss. Tho construction of the railway sys tem of tho United States began July A, 1S28, when Charles Carroll of Cnrroll- ton, tho only surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence, broke the ground for the Haltlniore nnd Ohio rail road, in 18:15, seven years later, 1.09S miles of line were In operation In the states bordering on tho Atlantic ocean. In 1840 there were ti.iotj miles, ns fol lows: New' England states, 493; Mid dle states, 1,403; Western states, 192; Southern states, 030. The first railroad In tho state of New York was that connecting Albany nnd Schenectady. It was opened In 1831. In ISiO tho roads In this state were as follows: Miles. Brooklyn to Jamaica 11.00 Buffalo to Niagara Falls W.00 Auburn to Syracuse 2012 Hudson to Massachusetts lino 31. f0 Ithaca to Owcgo 28.76 Niagara Falls to Lewlston 3.C0 Jamaica to lllcksvllle 13.08 Albany to Schenectady ps.09 Troy to Hallston 2ii 0 Saratoga to Schenectady 21.CG Syracuse to lltlcn G3.00 Hochrster to Batnvia ..,. 31. CO I'tlea to Schenectady ...'. 7S.0O Total 3G3.13 Philadelphia was connected with York In 1S37, Hoston with Albany In 1841, Albany with Lake Krle In 1S42, nnd Philadelphia with the coal fields of Pennsylvania in 1S42. But it was not till 1830 tht the railroads began to exert nn Important Influence uuon the commerce of the country. The Krlo canal was opened November 4, 1825. There' were artificial waterways of a similar kind In other states, though not so Important. They had cost n largo amount of money, nnd it wns not the wish of tho people that the business of the canals owned by the common wealths, should bo transferred to the railway companies owned by prlvnte Individuals. Those who connected Al bany with Lake Erie by rail had no thought of cutting Into tho freight traffic of the Krie canal. Tho legisla ture, indeed, to protect the canal, had levied canal tolls upon railroad freight, and the railroad managers ac cordingly expected to make their money from passenger tralllc. Hut In 1851 the Erie rond was opened, cliarges on rail freight were removed, and the railroads began to increase their busi ness. In that year the miles In opera tion were 8.870 and the gros.i earnings were $39,rGG,S."R. The discovery of gold In California stimulated railroad build ing to an extraordinary degree. From 1849 to 1S57, 17.13S miles of track were laid, the Incrense being from 7,365 miles to 24,503. By 1800 the mileage was 30.fi.13. Present Status. Poor's Manual gives the present 111 lle nge in the United States as 1S6,809.3. Ballroads reporting the results of oper ation have u mileage of 1S4.891 and the following Is a statement of their nssets nnd liabilities: ASSETS. Capital stock $.V.SI-1:2,S3S Funded dbt ... r. cj,:!g::,:.i WlS.fiS2,lS 437,S0S,a'J Unfunded doht Profit and liWs . Total LIABILITIES. Cost P.. It. nnd equipment ... Investments Other assets Current accounts Profit and loss ..12,i;0,G4!,2.'i7 .J10.23G.27S..VS , l,3!tl,n6.V.)7 2fii.2fi 1,972 1G9.261.KM . Hl.iS1.35"i Total 12,426,619.237 111 189S the railroads received $272, fiSii.Bfil from passenger traffic, $8G8,924, 520 from freight traffic. $108,014,607 from other sources, n total of gross earn ings of $1.219,n3S,724. The operating expenses were $859,892,250. so that the net earnings were $3S9,6G0,474. To this must be added other receipts, Includ ing rentnls, of $104,530,901, making the total available revenue $191,203,378. The payments by the companies from this revenue were ns follows: Interest on hnndH $2.17,133,099 Other Interest 5,009,290 Dividends 91.937,520 Hentnls, tolls, etc C2,740,t45 Miscellaneous 33.GSl.0ffl Total $113,501,110 It appears, therefore, that the sur plus at the end of the year was $58, 042,238. This Is more than double the surplus at tho end of 1897, more thnn five times the surplus nt tho end of 1896, nnd more than ten times the sur plus at the end of 1895, while In 1894 there wns a deficit of $10,770,433. In 1S9S tho rnllroads carried 514,982, 288 passengers, nn Increase over the previous year of 10,875,7G3. The pas senger mileage was 13,672.497.001. nn In crense of 1.177,539,661. Tons of freight moved were 912,973.853, an Increase of 121,588.403. The freight mileage Ms 114,566,173,101, nn Increase of 10,723,604, 04V :u ric8& Can't be blamed for not clvlne offeotlve service la thelauiD. It doesn't feel well. bojausBlllni't fed well. Inferior oIIcIorb and chokes tlie wick; the wick cliurs and tlio Uzht flickers. When you're tired of lamp dis comfort, uslc your dealer to sup ply you with our Headlight Water White, Oil Tbcro'U be healthier wicks nnd rlgliter Hitmen; lot trouble witli ino iumris ana mora connori iruin iiiuiignm. iry uuuuou. ATLANTIC REFININQ CO. WHITNEY'S WEEKLY BUDGET OF NEWS A BIO BLACKSNAKE STORY FROM LANESBORO. Death of an Aged Resident of New Mllford Miko Gnhool's Adven turo with a Wild Cat Montrose and tho Susquehanna TeacherB. Railroad Matters of Interest. Special to tho Scranton Tribune. Susquehanna, Oct. 17. Near tho C.v nnuacta creek, In Lanesboro, a bluck snaKo met a wnter snake, on Friday. The reptiles did not Immediately clinch, but hissed furiously nnd circled around each other, as If seeking for an open ing. Tho wnter snake was much the smaller of the combatants, nnd he wns evidently trying to transfer the bnttle to the stream, some twenty yards away. The bluck snake showed n live ly anxiety to prevent this. He pressed matters, nnd the serpents began to strike at each other with their tails, and In a few seconds the dry land snake succeeded in getting the tall of his opponent Into his mouth and to preclude nil possibility of nn escape began to eat toward the head. This waa exactly what the water snako wanted. Ho started on a straight line for the stream, and his consumer following him and dining upon him simultaneously, was, of course, obliged to travel a little faster In the same direction. The water snako was a rapid mover, and tho black snako a. quick eater, and for a short time it seemed to be doubtful whether ono reptile or two would bo visible when the stream was reached. About half of the lending serpent' anatomy had been devoured, nnd tho edgo of the water was only a few feet away. When the black snako sudden ly realized, thnt a shabby trick was elng played upon him nt meal tlmo. He hastily attempted to disgorge his re past, but the effort was made too late. Not more than five Inches of water snake had ben yielded up when both reptiles plunged Into the stream and sank nt once. A hundred bubbles arose, nnd the only spectator of tho uncanny contest Is inclined to believe that the black snake's life floated to tho surface in one of them. IN A FEW LINES. John Roberts, an nged resident, died In Now Mllford on Friday of heart failure. The funeral took place from the resldenco of a daughter of tho deceased, Mrs. William Donaldson, in this place, on Monday afternoon, How D. I. Sutherland, pastor of the Pres byterian church, olllclatlng. Inter ment was mado In the Lanesboro cem- tery. A largely attended meeting of the Susquehanna Route union of the Five States' Milk Producers' association was held on Monday In Susquehanna. A. D. Wallace, of Hackettstown, N. J., representing the American Agri culturist, made a statement nnd an swered questions In regard to the new milk deal or contract going Into ef fect Nov. 1. The Erie will soon place an order for ten new passenger cars and five first class passenger locomotives. Of the ono thousand .box cars ordered of tho Michigan City Car wyrks, 500 have been delivered. The company will expend during this year In per manent improvements about $2,000,000. MIKE AND THE WILDCATS. Mike Ollhool has been working In a hluestonu quarry near Hallstead, and .visited that place on Saturday to get some tools sharpened. Just as he was about to sturt back, some one told him that If ho would go over a moun tain he would not lose his way, but would save several miles of walking. Mike started out, but after traveling several miles the fjun was almost down. At last he made up his mind that ho was lost, and, to use his own words, feared that he "would be robbed nnd murthered nil alone." While he was In this state of mind lie spied a wild cat sitting upon nn old stump, nnd he wns almost ready to fall to the ground with flight. Recovering' his self-possession a little, he said: "I thought it wouldn't do to let the wildcat know I was afraid of him, and I thought I might scare him a bit by making him think that there were several with me. so, running Just n little, I called out ns loud as Ivor I could: 'Pat! Oh, say Pat, ijioulcl on till I catch up wld ye an' the rest o' the b'ys!" When the wildcat heard that he walked away and said not a 'word." IN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY. Certain Democratic candidates for county offices and their assistants nro carrying on a "still hunt" and are en deavoring to dispose of political "gold bricks" nmong unsuspecting Republi cans. Don't be bunceod. Montrose Republican. In Montrose on Wednesday evening, Miss Mnttle Kent wilt be united In marriage to William H. McCreary, of Hallstead. Next week the gates of Montrose will .swing open to ndmlt the noble army of Susquehanna county school teachers, and all our people will join In giving n glad and hearty welcome to the visit ors. Montrose Republican. Because "all our people" have hash to sell! Tho darling dollar will make lots o' gates swing wide open. The Hallstead Herald concludes the batch of items sent In by Its Great Bend correspondent with this footnote: "Our thanks nre due our correspondent for a nice lot of chestnuts." Rather suggestive! RAILROAD MATTERS. Advanco copies of tho new railway guides contain no reference to tho Blnghamton, Stnte Lino and Williams port railway now to the tunneling of the Mooslo mountain hy the Honesdale newspapers. Hallstead begins to recover from that "crawly" feeling concerning Us rail road future. Tho two large yards In Susquehanna are constantly filled with freight trains. Old Erie Is booming beauti fully. The recent current report that the Erie would abolish mileage books and make a general two-cent rato lacks foundation In fact. FLOTSAM AND JETSAM. Susquehanna, county editors have, temporarily at least, ceased calling ench other d ellghtful liars and blast ed idiots. How good nnd how pleasant It Is, good brethren, to dwell together In unity! Somebody Is a little behind In their studies. A Blnghamton newspaper re cently nnnounced that "Governor Pat tlson of Pennsylvania" would attend the Blnghamton exposition. It has been rumored that gome enter- JONAS LONG'S SONS. Ask for n New Idea Pattern Sheet. We're in the Pattern Business Now. Best Kind, of Course. Shoes We give emphasis to our shoe news todaybe cause the shoes are worth it. We want you to look into this shoe business here it will mean a decided -saving to you on every pair you ol the better sorts shoes for dress and street wear. We know that in no other store can you find equal values for the same money yes, for a third more money. Pretty strong conviction that you'll do best to buy here. Our $3.00 Shoes for Women. Women's Fine Kid Button and l.nce Shoes made up in every new toe shape, in both heavy soles with patent tips and tips of self, with light flexible soles. Nothing but the best used in these shoes, pure oak sole leather. Positively superior to any shoe ever sold at its price. All sizes and widths. Our $2.20 Shoes for Women. It is seldom that one finds line at above prices. In it you partial list of the many we carry are as follows: Heavy sole, Soolma kid, button and lace with tip of self. Box calf lace with stout soles, waterproof. Dress kid button with queen cloth tops and patent tips. Large ankle button, with BROAD TREAD. Common sense button, nnd Soolma kid but ton and lace, flexible soles. Our $3.00 Shoes for Men. Positively no better shoe can be bought at the price. Hand sewed welts, oak soles, kangaroo tops, every new toe shape, heavy and light soles. Among the leathers are: Patent calf, Box calf, Titan calf. Russet Storm calf, Wax calf and Dongola kid, value $4.00. Shoes for Children. Misses' and Children's Orthopedic Lace and Button Shoes, made with the wide ball, perfectly fitting the little ones' leet as nature intended. Sizes 5 to 8,$i.as; 8A to 10, $1.50; 11 to 2,$2. Jonas Long's The flour your grocer likes to sell, because it satisfies customers. BEST BREAD FLOUR IN 'AMER Don't take our Uikeit'i & WONDER '.' gJV I lal w .1 Flour makes light, white and delicious bread. J. L. CONNELL & CO., Sole AlMcrs' Agents. jirisliiK citizens of Great IJend recently cabled Dreyfus, nsklns him to inalse his home in Great Uenil, If acquitted The report that Dreyfus answered "I would rather ko back to Devil's Is land." Is presumably the Invention of n malicious and envious Hallstead man. Yet a little while and Pennsylvania may b? known as the state In "which Susquehanna Is located. Wouldn'tltbea-good Idea to organize a gigantic trust In Susquehanna coun ty to control the production of otllce seekers? A vicinity judge thinks there is no reason to hurry divorce cases; that such matters can as well wait as not. In giving expression to these vices thp judge may show much sound sense, but he also displays woful Ignorance on the question of divorce, as consider?.; from the standpoint of the party seek ing a separation. If there's one per son on earth who Is In awful rush a hurry of the cannot-walt variety. It's the party who Is waiting for a divorce that he may marry again! BISMARCK'S MISANTHROPY. Why the Prince Held Mankind Gen erally In Bitter Contempt. Berlin Letter to thf London Standard. Herr Hudolpti T.lndau, one of Prince Bismarck's most trusted subordinates, who has for many years been chief of the press department of tho foreign office, has just published a very Inter esting article about Dlsmarck, for which ho has been collecting material since he entered the foreign ofllce In 1878. I quote his remark on Prince Bismarck's contempt of mankind: "The begging letters addressed to a man like Prince Bismarck number thousands. Some tlmo ago, when he was ill at Vurzln, all tho letters ad dressed to him that wero not of a strictly prlvato nature were sent back to Berlin to bo read and inswered there. Tho majority of them contained 'most obedient requests, but hardly ono of tho writers hud any claim on the prince. One of tho officials vho?e business It was to read those letters an orderly man nnd evidently a lover of statistics amused himself by draw ing uu a list of all the petitions for money. The total amount of tho sums begged for was 10,000,000 marks. Tho prince did not laugh when this was I told to him, but shrugged his shoulders JONAS LONG'S SONS. you buy. Today we tell the assortment we show in can supply every shoe idea our A Sods &PEJ1 Makes H inore 9 pounds of 1 good 1 bread 1 to the 1 bbl I l than I any 1 other 1 flour, I CAfs "" jfei-i ii j word forit.TRY IT? stiiiiiiimiiiniiiisuiiHsnuiininms I THIRD NATIONAL BANK. 1 K OF SCRANTON. K S DEPOSITARY OF S THE UNITED STATES. 5 Capital S surplus S200.000 42G.OOO g WM. CONNELL, Prsildeat. 5 HENRY BELIN' Jr., VlccPres. I WILLIAM If. Pii.K, Caihler 4 auiiiiiiiBiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiuiHiaiuuis and put on a look of bitter contempt. On tho other hand, It Is natural that quiet, decent, self-respecting people, who ask nothing of him and do not wish to trouble him with their private, affairs, never como Into contact with hltn unless they stand In somo official relation to htm or have real business to transact with him. So It Is qulto natural that ho sees a great deal of tho low side of human nature, and It Is hardly surprising that ho Is said to have become skeptical, und even mls nnthroplc. Prince Bismarck Is cer tainly well aware that there aro many very honorable people In tho wrold, but experience has taught him that It la his Ill-luck to have Intercourse with a comparatively small number of them. Ho clings firmly to tho few men and women ho trusts becauso ho knows them to bo his true frleads; but ho Is suspicious of strangers. Ills first thought when ho sees a new fnco may naturally be: 'Well, what does tho man want of mo?' This oxplalns why he Is generally feared, though his ln tlmato friends warmly testify to his friendliness and amiability," S mm S 1 s 2 U J.r.M.&haJfcMrtft, .lilt tlirMt&-- .
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers